Germans Get Paid To Consume Surplus Energy From Wind Farms
8 May 2010 | Wind Power | 1 Comment
A rather strange consequence of the inability of electricity providers to store the surplus energy gained from wind power occurs in northern Germany, where local inhabitants are getting paid for “forgetting” the lights on. The country’s 21,000 wind turbines produces so much power that the providers were “forced” to lower the bills in order to use this “extra” energy.
At times, windmills were even temporarily turned off, which sounds pretty unreasonable for a energy operator. It seems these companies have alone done them self harm, as total spending money for electricity in Germany will be shortened by 5 billion euros in a few years.
The Capital Wind Farm can Boost Australia’s Wind Power Capacity by 10%
20 November 2009 | Wind Power | No Comments
We talked several times on MyGreenTreasure.com about wind farms or how to build the most efficient wind farm and today we can finally talk about one of the largest wind farm in New South Wales, Bungendore. Australia seems to be a good place for these wind farms(because of the relief), and over time, investors have tried to implement various wind projects in this area.
Solar Project Desertec – real possibility, real project
17 June 2009 | Alternative Energy | No Comments
Some important investors such as Siemens AG, Deutsche Bank or the Energy supplier Eon, have shown keen interest in the DESERTEC Concept. The project is designed to build large wind farms and solar parks and other alternative energy sources such as Geothermal around the North African continent coastlines and mainly on desserts. It will cost about 400 billion euros (that is $552 billion) and and will be capable of delivering electricity to Europe and other areas in ten years.
The Project will use the available technologies that have already been proven to work efficiently.
Europe to get powered by solar panels placed in the Sahara
16 June 2009 | Solar Power | 15 Comments
In the perspective of a “greener” future, today’s projects bring us closer to that reality and make big promises: covering only a small portion of the Sahara dessert, having a probable size of a regular European country, with solar cells will potentially provide the whole of the European continent with electricity. That is what Anthony Patt, of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, in Austria, declared at the International Scientific Congress on climate change under the title “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions”, held at the University of Copenhagen in March this year.